"...Because Tantrik Said He'll Lose": Amit Shah Tears Into KCR In Telangana

Referring to the TRS poll symbol of a car, Mr Shah charged that its steering is in the hands of AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi.

As next year's poll battle for Telangana heats up, Congress, BJP, and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) have already started training guns on each other. In the latest attack on Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah taunted him saying he doesn't go to the state secretariat because some Tantrik (occultist) has told him he would lose the upcoming elections if he goes. "You don't need a Tantrik to say that, Telangana's youth will throw you out," he said while addressing a public meeting on the concluding day of the month-long 'Praja Sangrama Yatra' Phase-2 in Telangana in his day-long visit to the state on Saturday.

While calling the KCR-led government "corrupt and useless", he appealed to the audience to give a missed call on a phone number released by the party to express support for state BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar. 

The Home Minister pointed to promises made during the creation of the state of Telangana and asked the audience if those were fulfilled. "I want to remind the people of Telangana, that KCR had promised Neelu (water), Nidhulu (funds) and Niyamakalu (jobs). Has any of it been fulfilled? We will fulfill those promises. We will give water, funds and jobs," he said.

Mr Shah also attacked the Chief Minister over farmers' issues, promises to Dalits, OBCs and crucial infrastructure development.